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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 177, NO. 8 | Friday september 7, 2012
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Fisher feminism: The USC
museum opens a new exhibit.
PAGE 5
Away game: Football travels
to New Jersey to take on
Syracuse. PAGE 12
coliseum
By rachel bracker
Daily Trojan
Some California Science
Center board members expressed
concerns over leasing of the
Coliseum to USC to the Los
Angeles Times on Wednesday and
Thursday.
A Science Center board vote
will determine if USC can have
control of the Exposition Park
parking lots. Though some board
members wanted to quickly vote
on the issue, others are wary after
scandals related to management
of the Coliseum and of possible ill
effects to museum attendance.
Three members of the
Coliseum Commission, two rave
promoters and a contractor were
indicted on corruption charges
last year. USC got control of
the Coliseum lease in May, but
in July the Times and a public
interest group sued the Coliseum
Commission with allegations that
it violated transparency laws by
negotiating USC’s lease in secret
and withholding certain stadium
documents. The commission
denied the allegations and the
suit is pending.
Parking lots
are subject
of concerns
The California Science Center’s
director is worried about how
lease will affect parking lots.
By Kristen hernandez
Daily Trojan
As the final night of the Democratic National
Convention wrapped up in Charlotte, N. C. on
Thursday, students and faculty gathered in the lobby
of the Annenberg School for Communication and
Journalism to watch President Barack Obama accept
the Democratic presidential nomination.
After viewing the speech, attendees watched a panel
discussion sponsored by the Jesse M. Unruh Institute
of Politics and moderated by its director, Dan Schnur.
Panelists included Matt Rodriguez, former western
states regional director of Obama for America 2008,
Students watch
Obama accept
nomination
A panel of political experts analyzed President
Obama’s speech at the Democratic convention.
| see Obama, page 2 |
politics
Austin Vogel | Daily Trojan
Captive audience · Dozens of students congregated in the Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism lobby Thursday to view the Democratic National Convention.
housing
By jordyn holman
Daily Trojan
The first drug and alcohol
recovery residence for USC students,
The Haven, opens Sept. 21 at the
University Gateway Apartments.
The Haven, which houses the
Recovery Grads program, focuses on
supporting USC students struggling
with addiction and provides a path
for them to pursue sobriety while
earning their college degree.
“When students experience
the freedom of college and are in a
culture that celebrates drinking,
some of them hit a wall,” The Haven
co-founder Holly Sherman said.
Sober floor
opens for
students
A sober student community
opens this month in University
Gateway Apartments.
| see recovery, page 3 |
profile
By daniel rothberg
Daily Trojan
Henry Russell Sanders, UCLA’s
football coach in the ’50s, once said
that “beating ’SC is not a matter of
life or death, it’s more important than
that.” From time to time, however,
defectors do arise and as the idiom
goes, politics makes for strange
bedfellows.
In 1977, Antonio Villaraigosa
received a bachelor’s degree in history
from UCLA. But today, as the mayor of
Los Angeles, Villaraigosa has worked
to help USC expand its footprint in
the city, so much so that he admits to
putting in a few extra hours to help his
alma mater’s cross-town rival.
“What I love about ’SC is they see
their destiny as tied to our city, and
that’s important,” Villaraigosa said to
an audience of about 150 on a warm
August evening. “And that’s why I
work overtime to make things work
for ’SC.”
It was 6 p.m. when the mayor
took his seat on the stage of a
Taper Hall of Humanities lecture
auditorium Aug. 8. He was at USC
for a conversation with Dan Schnur,
the director of USC’s Jesse M. Unruh
Institute of Politics, and an interview
with the Daily Trojan.
From endorsing USC development
plans to praising its agreement to
control the Coliseum, Villaraigosa
has welcomed the university’s
decade-long effort to establish a
lasting mark on the city.
Roughly 20 years ago, after USC
officials decided to keep the campus
in its current location, the university
began working more closely with
politicians, said Thomas Sayles, senior
vice president for university relations.
“We decided we were going to
commit ourselves to the community,
which means we have to work with
the elected officials as well as the
community,” Sayles said.
According to Sayles, the university
regularly communicates with
the mayor’s office, lobbying the
Villaraigosa administration on a wide
range of initiatives.
“We try to brief his office on what
we are doing, [and] we seek his
support on projects,” Sayles said. “He’s
actually been a very big supporter of
the university.”
In the interview after his talk with
Schnur, Villaraigosa outlined his
position on several USC projects.
Villaraigosa said he is a proponent
of USC’s master plan to renovate the
University Village, creating new retail
space and student housing.
“With respect to the Master
Plan, I’ve said, ‘Hey, look, we’ve
got to mitigate the impacts on the
surrounding community. We’ve got to
ensure that the community benefits ...
with it,’” Villaraigosa said. “But I think
it’s a net plus.”
The mayor also said he supports
USC’s master lease agreement to gain
operational control of the Los Angeles
Memorial Coliseum, chastising the
commission that oversees the stadium
for wasting the historic landmark.
“It’s very clear that the Coliseum
Commission has squandered a great
asset, and I believe that ’SC would be
a better steward,” he said. “I think
we have to drive a tough deal that
benefits the city, the state, the county
and the surrounding community, and
I think that will happen.”
The deal between USC and the
Coliseum Commission is pending
approval from three state agencies.
During Villaraigosa’s time in office,
Schnur said he believes the mayor has
found more ways to collaborate with
the university.
“My impression is that the more
time he spends in office, the more
he’s seen natural links and shared
opportunities between the city and
the campus,” Schnur said.
In addition to forming a greater
professional connection to USC
during his tenure, Villaraigosa’s
personal connections to the university
have also grown. In 2006, the mayor
was awarded an honorary doctorate
after delivering the university’s
commencement address. And last
year, Villaraigosa’s ties became even
stronger when his daughter began
college as a Trojan. As a USC parent,
Mayor supports, encourages active USC role in city
As Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has spent more time in office, his
relationship to USC has increased professionally and personally.
| see mayor, page 3 |
Corey Marquetti | Daily Trojan
City hall · Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa supports USC’s Master Plan and
Coliseum agreement, he said at an Institute of Politics event in August.
ELECTION 2012
| see Lease, page 3 |

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 177, NO. 8 | Friday september 7, 2012
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Fisher feminism: The USC
museum opens a new exhibit.
PAGE 5
Away game: Football travels
to New Jersey to take on
Syracuse. PAGE 12
coliseum
By rachel bracker
Daily Trojan
Some California Science
Center board members expressed
concerns over leasing of the
Coliseum to USC to the Los
Angeles Times on Wednesday and
Thursday.
A Science Center board vote
will determine if USC can have
control of the Exposition Park
parking lots. Though some board
members wanted to quickly vote
on the issue, others are wary after
scandals related to management
of the Coliseum and of possible ill
effects to museum attendance.
Three members of the
Coliseum Commission, two rave
promoters and a contractor were
indicted on corruption charges
last year. USC got control of
the Coliseum lease in May, but
in July the Times and a public
interest group sued the Coliseum
Commission with allegations that
it violated transparency laws by
negotiating USC’s lease in secret
and withholding certain stadium
documents. The commission
denied the allegations and the
suit is pending.
Parking lots
are subject
of concerns
The California Science Center’s
director is worried about how
lease will affect parking lots.
By Kristen hernandez
Daily Trojan
As the final night of the Democratic National
Convention wrapped up in Charlotte, N. C. on
Thursday, students and faculty gathered in the lobby
of the Annenberg School for Communication and
Journalism to watch President Barack Obama accept
the Democratic presidential nomination.
After viewing the speech, attendees watched a panel
discussion sponsored by the Jesse M. Unruh Institute
of Politics and moderated by its director, Dan Schnur.
Panelists included Matt Rodriguez, former western
states regional director of Obama for America 2008,
Students watch
Obama accept
nomination
A panel of political experts analyzed President
Obama’s speech at the Democratic convention.
| see Obama, page 2 |
politics
Austin Vogel | Daily Trojan
Captive audience · Dozens of students congregated in the Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism lobby Thursday to view the Democratic National Convention.
housing
By jordyn holman
Daily Trojan
The first drug and alcohol
recovery residence for USC students,
The Haven, opens Sept. 21 at the
University Gateway Apartments.
The Haven, which houses the
Recovery Grads program, focuses on
supporting USC students struggling
with addiction and provides a path
for them to pursue sobriety while
earning their college degree.
“When students experience
the freedom of college and are in a
culture that celebrates drinking,
some of them hit a wall,” The Haven
co-founder Holly Sherman said.
Sober floor
opens for
students
A sober student community
opens this month in University
Gateway Apartments.
| see recovery, page 3 |
profile
By daniel rothberg
Daily Trojan
Henry Russell Sanders, UCLA’s
football coach in the ’50s, once said
that “beating ’SC is not a matter of
life or death, it’s more important than
that.” From time to time, however,
defectors do arise and as the idiom
goes, politics makes for strange
bedfellows.
In 1977, Antonio Villaraigosa
received a bachelor’s degree in history
from UCLA. But today, as the mayor of
Los Angeles, Villaraigosa has worked
to help USC expand its footprint in
the city, so much so that he admits to
putting in a few extra hours to help his
alma mater’s cross-town rival.
“What I love about ’SC is they see
their destiny as tied to our city, and
that’s important,” Villaraigosa said to
an audience of about 150 on a warm
August evening. “And that’s why I
work overtime to make things work
for ’SC.”
It was 6 p.m. when the mayor
took his seat on the stage of a
Taper Hall of Humanities lecture
auditorium Aug. 8. He was at USC
for a conversation with Dan Schnur,
the director of USC’s Jesse M. Unruh
Institute of Politics, and an interview
with the Daily Trojan.
From endorsing USC development
plans to praising its agreement to
control the Coliseum, Villaraigosa
has welcomed the university’s
decade-long effort to establish a
lasting mark on the city.
Roughly 20 years ago, after USC
officials decided to keep the campus
in its current location, the university
began working more closely with
politicians, said Thomas Sayles, senior
vice president for university relations.
“We decided we were going to
commit ourselves to the community,
which means we have to work with
the elected officials as well as the
community,” Sayles said.
According to Sayles, the university
regularly communicates with
the mayor’s office, lobbying the
Villaraigosa administration on a wide
range of initiatives.
“We try to brief his office on what
we are doing, [and] we seek his
support on projects,” Sayles said. “He’s
actually been a very big supporter of
the university.”
In the interview after his talk with
Schnur, Villaraigosa outlined his
position on several USC projects.
Villaraigosa said he is a proponent
of USC’s master plan to renovate the
University Village, creating new retail
space and student housing.
“With respect to the Master
Plan, I’ve said, ‘Hey, look, we’ve
got to mitigate the impacts on the
surrounding community. We’ve got to
ensure that the community benefits ...
with it,’” Villaraigosa said. “But I think
it’s a net plus.”
The mayor also said he supports
USC’s master lease agreement to gain
operational control of the Los Angeles
Memorial Coliseum, chastising the
commission that oversees the stadium
for wasting the historic landmark.
“It’s very clear that the Coliseum
Commission has squandered a great
asset, and I believe that ’SC would be
a better steward,” he said. “I think
we have to drive a tough deal that
benefits the city, the state, the county
and the surrounding community, and
I think that will happen.”
The deal between USC and the
Coliseum Commission is pending
approval from three state agencies.
During Villaraigosa’s time in office,
Schnur said he believes the mayor has
found more ways to collaborate with
the university.
“My impression is that the more
time he spends in office, the more
he’s seen natural links and shared
opportunities between the city and
the campus,” Schnur said.
In addition to forming a greater
professional connection to USC
during his tenure, Villaraigosa’s
personal connections to the university
have also grown. In 2006, the mayor
was awarded an honorary doctorate
after delivering the university’s
commencement address. And last
year, Villaraigosa’s ties became even
stronger when his daughter began
college as a Trojan. As a USC parent,
Mayor supports, encourages active USC role in city
As Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has spent more time in office, his
relationship to USC has increased professionally and personally.
| see mayor, page 3 |
Corey Marquetti | Daily Trojan
City hall · Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa supports USC’s Master Plan and
Coliseum agreement, he said at an Institute of Politics event in August.
ELECTION 2012
| see Lease, page 3 |